Wellness Clinic suspects headed to trial

All three defendants, now represented individually by counsel, stand before 42-1 District Judge Denis LeDuc for a pre-trial examination. Macomb County Sheriff’s Department Detective Sgt. Melissa Stevens and Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor William Harding stand in on behalf of the prosecution.
Matthew Fahr--For The Macomb Daily

The three suspects in an alleged prostitution case have waived their right to a preliminary examination to show probable cause and will now move on to trial.

Oksun Hughes and Kyung Moore were arrested Feb. 20 and charged with keeping a house of ill fame, using a computer to commit a crime and prostitution-second offense after deputies raided the Washington Wellness Clinic in Washington Township.

They later posted bail after a reduction by 42-1 District Judge Denis LeDuc and have been staying with their attorney, J. Kim Welch, in Clarkson.

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Daniel Robin of Flint turned himself into the Macomb County Jail on March 4 and also posted bond.

He faces charges of running a house of prostitution, a five-year felony, and using a computer to commit a crime, a seven-year felony.

All three defendants appeared before LeDuc on May 20, and each of them submitted waiver forms saying they understood their decisions in proceeding without an exam.

LeDuc made a point to make sure that Welch, now the attorney for Hughes, and attorney Stephanie Addison, now representing Moore, knew there would not be an issue with their clients proceeding without understanding their case based on speaking English as a second language.

Once LeDuc was satisfied they were knowledgeable enough to continue, he accepted the waivers from the pair and Robin, and ordered the case be sent to circuit court in Mount Clemens.

The first date for trial was set for June 2 at 1:30 p.m., and bond conditions remain in place.

Seven computer devices seized in the February raid on the clinic and bank records are in the hands of the prosecutor’s office. A forensic computer evidence search has been conducted on the all of the devices, but no details have yet been revealed.